Tractor and coke-loader.



No. 722,031. PATENTED MAR. 3, 1903. E. A. MOORE.

TRACTOR AND COKE LOADBR. APPLICATION FILED mm: 5. 1902.

PATENTED MAR. 3, 1903.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5. 1902.

TRACTOR AND COKE LOADER.

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. E. A. MOORE. TRACTOR AND 00KB LOADER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 5. 1902.

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TRACTOR AND'GOKE LOADER.

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EDXVIN A. MOORE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRACTOR AND COKE-LOADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,031, dated March 3,1903.

Application filed June 5,1902. Serial No. 110,379. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, EDWIN A. MOORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvaniahave invented certain new and useful Improvements inTractors and Coke-Loaders; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates, primarily, to cokeovens, has especial reference tomeans for receiving coke as it is pushed out of the ovens, anddischarging the coke after it has been cooled into railway-cars; and theinvention consists in certain improvements in construction which will befully disclosed in the following specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a tractor and a loader; Fig. 2,an end view, partly in section, showing the loader in position toreceive coke from an oven in full lines and the bod-y of the loaderelevated to discharge coke in dotted lines; Fig. 3, a top plan of theloader with part of the body removed; and Fig. 4, a side elevation,partly in section, on line 4 4, Fig. 3.

Reference being had to the drawings and the numerals thereon, 1indicates a tractor suitably mounted upon wheels 2 2,whose axles 3 areconnected to electric motors 4 4 by a train of gearing comprising wheels5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, as shown in Fig. l, or by other suitable motor andconnections, and to which motors 4 an electric current is suppliedthrough wires and 11 from a controller 12, which is connected to atrolley-wire 13 by a trolley-Wheel 14 and wire 15, the whole structurethus far described being so arranged that an operator on the tractor hasfull control of the tractor and the loader.

The tractor is connected to the loader 16 by suitable couplings, as 17,also operated from the tractor-cab through rods 18 18, bell-crank levers19 19, and rod 20, extending to the cab 21.

The loader 16 is supported upon wheels 22, which, with the wheels 2 ofthe tractor, engage suitable rails 23 of a track over which the tractorand the loader are propelled to place the loader opposite the ovens 24of a battery of ovens from which coke is to be discharged by a pusher25, as shown in Fig. 2, and the body 26 of the loader is brought intoposition adjacent to or alongside of the cokeplatform 27, which extendsalong the entire battery of ovens, with the uppersnrface of thesupplemental bottom 28 of the body about in line with the platform, sothat coke discharged from an oven will pass across the platform upon thebottom 28 of the body of the car. The body 26 is constructed of metal,known as expanded metal, and the supplemental bottom or lining 28 isformed of cement 29, preferably in strata, and brick to resist wear ofthe coke and the deteriorating effect of the water used for cooling thecoke as it lies upon the bottom of the body of the loader.

The coke-platform 27 is supported upon suitable brackets 30, and thebody 26 is supported upon brackets 31, which are provided with suitablebraces 32, engaging the body, and the brackets are in turn supportedupon a track 33, having teeth 34 on its upper surface, which are engagedby teeth 35 on the lower surface of the curved portion 36 of thebracket, as shown in Fig. 2, and the lower surface of said bracket isprovided with extensions 37 37, which engage the track 33 and preventlateral displacement of the bracket on the track.

To the primary metallic bottom 38 of the body 26 are secured hangers 3939, which support a shaft 40, having secured thereto a gear- Wheel 41,-which engages the teeth 42 on a track'43, and on the same shaft is amotor 44, preferably an electric motor, by which said shaft andgear-wheel are revolved, the latter in engagement with the toothed track43 to move the body 26 outward, tilt or dump the body, and discharge thecoke directly into a car 45 on a track adjacent to the loader and toreturn the body to its normal position. The motor 44 is connected to thegear-Wheel 41 by a train of gear-wheels 46, 47, 48, 49, and to reducethe high speed of the motor to the proper speed for moving the body 26,and the motor is supplied with electric energy through Wires 51 and iscontrolled by the operator in the cab of the tractor.

The hot coke after having been pushed out of an oven into or upon thebody 26 of the loader is cooled with water, the water flowing 01f freelyfrom the bottom 28 thereof by virtue of the normally inclined positionin which the body is supported, as shown in Fig. 2, and the cokerequires no manual labor to be applied thereto in transferring it froman oven to a car ready for transportation.

Having thus fully described my inyention, what I claim is- 1. Thecombination of a tractor,and aloader having a body normally inclined, amotor for moving the tractor and the loader in the same direction, and amotor for tilting or dumping the body of the loader, substantially asdescribed.

2. A coke-loader mounted on wheels and having a body normally inclined,and pronormally inclined, and having a non-metallic supplemental bottom,and provided with means for moving the body laterally and tiltingthebody; in combination with a tractor connected to the loader.

5. A portable coke-loader having a body normally inclined and supportedupon brackets provided with teeth on their curved surfaces, toothedtracks engaged by said brackets, and means for moving said bodylaterally and tilting the body.

6. Acoke-loader mounted upon wheels and having a body normally inclinedand supported upon brackets having curved surfaces provided with teeth,toothed tracks engaged by said brackets, a toothed track between saidbrackets, a gear-wheel engaging said track, and means for revolving saidgearwheel to move and tilt said body.

7. A portable coke-loader having a metallic body provided with asupplemental bottom of cement and brick.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN A. MOORE.

Witnesses:

D. C. REINoHL, O. W. METOALFE.

